Paulus Hungarus
Hungarian friar
Who they were
Paulus Hungarus (Paul the Hungarian; ca. 1180 - 10 February 1241) was a Hungarian friar of the Dominican Order who lived during the thirteenth century, and is author of the Summa poenitentiae, Hungarus also annotated Compilatio I-III, a collection of Canon law. Hungarus planned a network of monasteries throughout the Kingdom of Hungary to act as a bulwark against heresy, one of which is the Church of the Dominican Monastery in Segesvár (now Sighișoara, Romania).
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Dominican Friars — 'Blessed Paul, Founder of the Hungarian Province' — Paul the Hungarian OP, first provincial of Hungary, martyred with ninety companions c.1241; honoured as blessed in the Dominican Order with a feast on 10 February.
- Wikidata Q6067562 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Paulus Hungarus (CC BY-SA)
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